Salt and pepper shaker.



W. G. KRAFT. SALT AND PEflPBR SHAKER.

APPLICATION FILED 1'EB.25,1911.

1,007,294, Patented 06c. 31, 1911..

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SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER.

1,007,294. Specification of IgettersPetent Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

- Application filed February 25, 1911. Serial No. 610,925.

To all whom it mag/concern: ta'cles. A stationary cap 15 is fitted over Be it known that I, lVEsLnY G. KRAFT, the upper end of eachof the receptacles 19 citizen of the United States, residing at and 11 and is formed with a deppnding. Marion, in the county of Marion and State flange 16 having a bead or rib l7 fitting over mi of Kansas, have invented certain new and the bead 14.. The cap 15 is adapted to be useful Improvements in. Salt and Pepper fitted upon the receptacle so that it will Shakers, ofwhich the following is a specinot rotate. Each of the receptacles is pro fication. vided with an outer or rotary .cap 18 hav- This invention relates to condiment hold-v ing a depending flange 19 provided with ers, and has special reference to a combined an outwardly pressed rib or bead 20 enpepper and salt shaker. gaging soniewhat'loosely over the' lib or An object of the present invention is to bead 17 so as to admit ofthe rotation of produce a device adapted to contain both the cap 18 and at the same time-to-sealthe the pepper and the salt, and a device which space between the caps 15 and-18." A bottom 5 18 provided with thumb levers, or'the like. plate 21 is disposed between the lower'ends for independently turning the perforated of the receptacles 10 and 11 and is fastened revolving caps closing the holders of the at its sides upon the lower edge of the corndevice to release either the pepper or the panion plates 12. v salt, or both as desired. v Arranged between the receptacles l0 and 20 A further object of this invention is to 11 is a. support 22 between the arms of produce a light, simple, and compact device which are pivotally mounted thumb levers adaptable to the hand, and one which can 23 and 24. The thumb levers are of L-form, be easily operated by the thumb of the hand the long arms thereof being provided midsupporting the device. way of their ends with oppositely eXt-end- 5 Fora full understanding of the invention ing studs 25 loosely engaging through the. and the merits thereof and also to acquire adjacent walls of the support 22 for piva knowledge of the details of construction, otally supporting the thumb levers. V/itli reference is to be had to the following (16- reference to Fig. 4 of the drawing it will script-ion and accompanying drawings, in be noted that. the support 22 is formed of a 3a which: strip of metal bent upon itself and havin Figure l is a perspective view of the im its free ends turned over to provide two proved shaker: l* 1g. 2 is a longitudinal ceu- U-shape pockets for the reception of the tral section taken through the shaker in an 1 levers 23 and 24. The studs 25 carried upon inverted position; Fig. 3 is a transverse cenl the lovers 23 and 24 engage through the 5,5 tral section taken through the same. Fig. walls of the opposite pockets and in the 4 a letail perspective view of the supopposite ends thereof. It will be noted port for the levers of the shaker. from the drawing that the lever 23 is rela- Corresponding and like parts are referred tively short so as to space the outstanding to in the following description and indil short arms of the levers from each other and a cated in all the views of the drawing by to distinguish them one from the other.

the same reference characters. The outer ends of the long arms of the le- Referring to the drawings the reference I vers 23 and 24 loosely engage in thimbles 26 numerals 10 and 11 designate a pair of provided upon the-inner opposite sides of holders or receptacles which are spaced the rotary caps 18. A. top plate 27 closes 10G apart and held in such position by comthe space between the receptacles 10 and 11 panion' plates 12. The lower ends of the and is of such shape that it snugly engages receptacles or holders l0 and 11 are probetween the receptacles and meets the upper vided with concaved bottoms which are cenedges of the companion plates 12. Spaced trally apertured for the reception of stopslots 28 are formed in the top plate 27 1 95 pers 13. The material placed in the recepthrough which the upper extremities of the tacles 10 and 11 is inserted through the botlevers 23 and 24 extend to enter the thimtom by removing the stoppers 13. The upl bles 26. The upper companion plate 12 is per ends of the receptacles 10.and 11 are I provided with spaced slots 29, one being each formed with an annular outwardly disposed in advance of the other, to receive pressed bead 14 which is spaced slightly the outer ends of the short arms of the below the upper edge of each of the receplevers 23 and 24. Buttons 30 are mounted mull ,upon the outer ends the short arms of the lovers :23 and 2st "l bear suitable configurations lordcsignaw... the material disposed within the respective receptacles l0 and 11, as forinstancc, 6 meaning salt, and P meaning pepper. The inner companion plate 1.2 carries a pair of helical springs 31 Which are attached at their outer ends to the long arms of the thumb levers 23 and 24 above the pins 25. The springs 31 are employed t'or normally holding the thumb levers and El against the lower ends ot the slots 28.

The operation of the device is apparent, since the device is grasped in one hand and the thumb of the hand is placed upon either one of the buttons 80. When the button is depressed, for instance the button marked S, the thumb lever is swung down Within the slot 29 and the upper or outer extremity of the thumb lever is moved through the slot 28 and carries therewith the thimble 26,1otating the cap 18. The caps 15 and 18 are provided in the usual manner with. a plurality of apertures which are adapted toregister upon the rotation of the cap 18 to admit of the escape of the contents of the adjacent receptacle or holder. When the button 80 is released the spring 31 which is attached to the thumb lever-23 retracts the same and closes the caplS. In a similar manner the opposite holder 10 may be opened to admit of the escape of the pepper contained therein.

this of course understood that this device may be used in connection with other substances than salt andpepper as the apertures through the caps and 18 may be made in any size desired.

Having thus described the inventiom'what is claimed is:

l. A device as specified including spaced holde .3, col'npauion platesengaging against the sides of the holders, spaced arms carried between the holders midway of their ends, thumb levers hinged between the arms and llflivlllg' the short arms thereof projecting out through the adjacent con'npanion platefixed perforated caps carried upon the holders, rotary perforated caps carried upon said fixed caps, thinibles arranged against the sides of the rotary caps and having connection with the thumb levers, and buttons disposed upon the extremities of the short arms of the thumb levers :tor depressing the same.

2. A. salt and pepper shaker including spaced receptacles, companion plates engaging against the sides otthe receptacles to connect the same, rotary caps carried upon the upper ends of the-receptacles for corn trolling the passage of the salt and pepper receptacles midway of their ends, thumb lovers hinged upon the arms and being of is form having the short arms thereof entending through one of the companion plates and'its long arn'is'extending up between the receptacles, movable caps carried upon the receptacles for controlling the passage of material tl'ierethrough, and thimbles carried against the inner sides of the caps and having loose connection with the adjacent extremities ot' the thumb levers.

l. A condiment holder including spaced receptacles, companion plates joining the receptacles, end plates engaging between the receptacles and across the opposite edges of the companion plates, L-shape thumb levers hinged between the receptacles and having their opposite arms extending through one of the companion plates and one of the end plates, buttons carried upon the ends of the thumb levers and extending through the companion plates, caps slidably mounted upon the upper ends of the receptacles for opening and closing the same, and thimbles fixed agamst the inner sides of the caps and loosely engaging over the adjacent arms of the thumb levers.

5. A condiment holder including spaced receptacles, companion plates engaging across the sides of the receptacles to join the same, endplates engaging'between the ends of the receptacles andacross the edges of the companion plates, spaced arms disposed between the companion plates midway of the ends out the receptacles, t.-shape thumb levers hinged upon'the hrms and having their op posite extremities extending through onset 

